AOL and InterTrust Announce Agreement for Digital Rights Management InterTrust to Be a Preferred Technology Provider
DULLES, Va., and SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jun 27, 2000 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- America Online, Inc. (NYSE: AOL chart, msgs), the world's leading interactive services company, and InterTrust Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: ITRU chart, msgs), the leading developer of distributed digital rights management (DRM) technology, today announced that they have entered into an agreement under which AOL will use InterTrust's MetaTrust Utility(TM) DRM system. InterTrust will be a preferred technology provider for AOL. This agreement establishes AOL's first DRM partnering relationship. AOL will also distribute InterTrust's client software, the InterRights Point(TM), on promotional CDs containing AOLs 6.0 client software later this year.
Under the agreement, InterTrust will enable AOL deployment of DRM-supported applications and services. This allows the distribution of rights-managed digital content through the use of a secure, trusted and flexible system. AOL will be able to respond quickly to new e-business opportunities in music, publishing, video and other markets. The first use of this technology will be enabling the Winamp music player as a MetaTrust Certified(TM) application for playing music protected by InterTrust's DigiBox(R) secure containers.
"By choosing InterTrust as a preferred technology provider and offering a MetaTrust Certified Winamp player, we can offer our members and content partners a comprehensive digital trust system they can both benefit from," said Jonathan Sacks, Senior Vice President and General Manager of the AOL service.
"We are pleased with this comprehensive relationship with AOL, the world's most important Internet online service provider," said Victor Shear, Chairman and CEO, InterTrust Technologies. "This represents one of InterTrust's most significant relationships to date and should speed distribution, adoption and use of the MetaTrust Utility. "
About America Online, Inc.
Founded in 1985, America Online, Inc., based in Dulles, Virginia, is the world's leader in interactive services, Web brands, Internet technologies and e-commerce services. America Online, Inc. operates America Online, with more than 23 million members, and CompuServe, with more than 2.7 million members, the company's two worldwide Internet services; several leading Internet brands including ICQ, AOL Instant Messenger and Digital City, Inc.; the Netscape Netcenter and AOL.COM portals; the Netscape Netcenter and Communicator browsers; AOL Moviefone, the nation's #1 movie listing guide and ticketing service; and Spinner.com and NullSoft's Winamp, leaders in Internet music. Through its strategic alliance with Sun Microsystems, the company develops and offers easy-to-deploy, end-to-end and enterprise solutions for companies operating in the Net Economy.
About InterTrust Technologies Corporation
InterTrust Technologies Corporation is the leading developer of distributed digital rights management (DRM) technology. Its general-purpose DRM platform serves as a foundation for trusted e-commerce in digital information and related services. InterTrust licenses its technology as software and tools to partners whose digital commerce services and applications together form the MetaTrust Utility global commerce system. InterTrust administers the specifications for the MetaTrust Utility, ensuring the neutrality, security and interoperability of the platform and providing the root source of trust.
The statements contained in this release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, including statements regarding distribution of the Winamp player, the InterRights Point, and InterTrust's expectations, beliefs, hopes, intentions or strategies regarding the future. All forward-looking statements included in this document are based upon information available to InterTrust as of the date hereof, and InterTrust assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statement. Actual results could differ materially from current expectations. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, the factors and risks discussed in InterTrust's reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
NOTE: InterTrust and DigiBox are registered trademarks of InterTrust Technologies Corporation, and InterRights Point, the InterTrust logo, MetaTrust, MetaTrust-Certified, and the MetaTrust Utility, are trademarks of InterTrust Technologies Corporation, all of which may or may not be used in certain jurisdictions. All other brand or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or organizations. Source: InterTrust Technologies Corporation
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Contact:
Wendy Goldberg of AOL, 703-265-2359, or WendyG229@aol.com; or
Todd Slosek of InterTrust Technologies Corporation, 408-855-0424, or
tslosek@intertrust.com; or Leigh Anne Varney of Varney Business Communication,
415-387-7250, or la@varneybusiness.com, for InterTrust Technologies
Corporation; or investors, Bonnie McBride of Carson Group, 415-989-3577, for
InterTrust Technologies Corporation
URL: intertrust.com
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